Provides a basis for understanding the nature of workplace violence and suggests ways of preventing. Focuses on those data, experiences and publications which best help to explain and interpret the roots of violence at work, and to promote proactive initiatives.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on industrial sector employment of woman workers in Mauritius - based on interviews and a 1977 survey, examines the conditions (lower minimum wages, higher labour productivity, less absenteeism and easier human relations) dictating employer preference for female...

Explores the impact on teachers of recent changes in the education system as a whole. Based on the 1988 teacher survey, the 1993 school management survey, and the 1993 teacher survey.

ILO pub. Interdisciplinary research study of the relationship between working conditions, mental stress and job satisfaction - applies social psychology and ergonomics to occupational health and occupational safety in the interest of quality of working life. References.

Examines developments in working conditions and work organization in industrialized economies. Considers the impact of these developments on job satisfaction. Draws mainly on literature from the UK and USA.

Based on a survey of 324 women entrepreneurs and women managers conducted in 1999, examines the development of women-owned businesses, profiles women entrepreneurs, their attitudes and the influence of their work on family life, as well as exploring their performance and needs, and the gender...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising a questionnaire survey of households of Yugoslav migrant workers in Germany, Federal Republic - examines the impact of emigration on the labour market in Yugoslavia and in host country, and covers occupational structure, skill and educational level,...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the impact of computerization (microelectronics) on employment and technology transfer in Korea R, 1973-1985 - based on an survey of 40 enterprises, finds that export promotion and labour costs are major motivations to use microelectronic equipment (computerized...

ILO pub. Working paper on migration and the freedom of movement of migrant workers within a group of developing countries - examines political aspects and economic motivations that may inspire the creation of free movement zones; considers legal aspects, social implications and economic...